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American Indians in Texas
An OverviewCaddoKarankawaJumanoLipan Apache Click on
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1Chris Aigner - 2011
Caddo Indians Lived in the East Texas - Coastal
Plains area of Texas They gave Texas its name “Tayshas”
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Caddo IndiansLived in Grass Huts made out of wooden frames and dry grasses
They lived in villages
Got their food by farming-ate fruits, vegetables and grains. They grew corn, beans, squash3
Moore, Edward R & Texarch Assoc., Texas Indians, http://www.texasindians.com/
The Caddo
Lived in piney areas of East Texas– Grass huts like the Wichitas
Farmers– corn, beans, squash and other crops
Set fires in the woods to burn away clearings to farm
Women would gather wild plant food like acorns, black berries
Men would travel in hunting parties for buffalo
Buffalo robes
Moore, Edward R & Texarch Assoc., Texas Indians, http://www.texasindians.com/
The Caddo
Lived in piney areas of East Texas– Grass huts like the Wichitas
Farmers– corn, beans, squash and other crops
Set fires in the woods to burn away clearings to farm
Women would gather wild plant food like acorns, black berries
Men would travel in hunting parties for buffalo
Buffalo robes
Moore, Edward R & Texarch Assoc., Texas Indians, http://www.texasindians.com/
Lets Review!
1. Where is it thought that the first humans that came to America came from?
2. How did they get here?3. In what region did the Caddo Indians
live?4. What kind of house did the Caddo live in?5. Where the Caddo’s hunters or farmers?6. What did they plant?7. What does “Tejas” mean?
Karankawa Indians
Lived in the coastal plains near the Gulf Coast. They were nomads, they moved around all the time to find food
Got their food by fishing -ate fish, shellfish, and small animals
They also gathered berries and nuts to eat
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Karankawa House
Built of sticks, and grass materials8
Moore, Edward R & Texarch Assoc., Texas Indians, http://www.texasindians.com/
The Karankawa
Galveston and Corpus Christi area Food= fish fish fish! Clothing
– Men: breach cloths or nothing at all– Women: grass skirts
Lived in wickiups during the winter Got around in canoes
– Could hold a family and all their possessions
Moore, Edward R & Texarch Assoc., Texas Indians, http://www.texasindians.com/
The Karankawa
Larger than most Native Americans at 6’
Often unfairly labeled as cannibals
Click on the fish for more information on the Karankawa culture
Jumano Indians
They lived in the mountains and basins region near the Rio Grande River.
Got their food by farming. They grew corn, squash and beans.
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Jumano Pueblo Homes
They built their houses out of adobe mud. They lived in villages.
Moore, Edward R & Texarch Assoc., Texas Indians, http://www.texasindians.com/
Jumano
West Texas Farmers
– grew corn, beans and squash
– grew cotton for clothes and blankets
Adobe houses
Moore, Edward R & Texarch Assoc., Texas Indians, http://www.texasindians.com/
Jumano
Clean and neat Men shaved their
heads except for at the top
Traders Supposedly naked
except for when it was cold- wore blankets
Lipan Apache Indians
They lived in the High Plains region of Texas.
They lived in tipis and were nomads.
One chief led the tribe
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Lipan Apache
They hunted deer, buffalo andthey grew corn, beans and squash.
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American Indians in Texas
American Indians are the ancestors of our country and our state. What can we take away from their lives to apply to our own?Th
ink
about i
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